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| 1. Making Sugar Labs press-contactable - there's a problem with
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| Google's Grand Central: it's US-only (for call forwarding) at this
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| time. But I think I have a solution - obtain a US GSM SIM card which I
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| could use in Europe (if the roaming fees won't ruin me ;-) .
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| :: What are the "requirements" for a successful "SL is press-contactable now!" solution? Not being too familiar with PR, I'm curious what we're aiming for here, exactly. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]]
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| ::: The idea is that a journalist has a phone number to call (many journalists are short on time and are facing a deadline) which is not Walter's. (Of course, if they already know Walter, that's different.) Ideally, there should be a fallback, i.e. if I can't respond quickly, someone else can see that there is a message and call back. This kind of reactivity is why many companies use PR firms. Google's beta Grand Central seems like a good solution but unfortunately will not forward to non-US numbers as far as I can make out. [[User:SeanDaly|Sean]]
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| 2. List of education publications I have added for press releases -
| | 1) Make SL press-contactable |
| after much googling & yahooing I have identified a number of education
| | We still have no telephone(s) solution and this is getting hot. I am |
| publications/portals. I'll submit my list for comment later today.
| | currently looking at an answering service solution which can provide a |
| :: Can you add a link to that (hopefully wiki-editable) list at the end of the agenda item here? I'll take a look and try to add my own ideas to the list once it is up. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] | | local dedicated phone number to voicemail in Boston or NYC with e-mail |
| ::: Mel - there are over 75 links on the list so I mailed it to the Marketing alias. I don't think it's advisable to maintain the PR contact list on a wiki, in particular e-mail addresses... [[User:SeanDaly|Sean]] | | alert for under $10 per month. Advantages: stable phone number and |
| | cost, any phone message can reach several people so no single point of |
| | failure. Disadvantage: journalists prefer speaking with humans instead |
| | of recordings of humans. We do need a solution this week. Side issue, |
| | but urgent: we need to be able to send the press releases (en, fr, es, |
| | de, pt) from the pr@sugarlabs.org alias. How will that work? |
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| 3. Elevator pitch for teachers - I will respond to Walter's rough
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| draft later today & would like your input. This text may be a starting
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| point for the next press release's short description of Sugar Labs
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| (underneath "news" part of press release).
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| :: Editable version at [[MarketingTeam/Pitches]], from [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-February/000279.html Walter's first draft to the list], since I couldn't find another wiki version - please merge/redirect if there's a duplicate, or let me know and I'll do it. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]]
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| 4. Press release languages - I'd like to spend a couple of minutes
| | 2) 0.84 Marketing talking points. |
| discussing the possibility of doing press releases in languages other
| | What new features of the Sugar Learning Platform do we want to talk |
| than English, in particular en, fr, de, pt. I can do French and
| | about in the press release? Let's hit-parade them. Input please! My |
| perhaps we can find volunteers to do the other languages? There's a
| | feeling is to prefer talking up Activities over the platform, but |
| workflow aspect to this of course.
| | perhaps there is platform news we just can't keep to ourselves? |
| :: I'm guessing you meant es instead of en, above. ;) [[User:Mchua|Mchua]]
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| ::: Yes, quite right - es not en! [[User:SeanDaly|Sean]]
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| 5. Sugar Labs Ambassadors program - dfarning has suggested we look at
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| Fedora's Ambassadors program.
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| :: Also Ubuntu LoCo teams. Other non-software location-based community teams that might be worth looking at as models: Rotary, Habitat for Humanity, Boy Scouts / Girl Scouts, American Cancer Society (and other community-run fundraising/outreach efforts from the medical field). [[User:Mchua|Mchua]]
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| 6. Obtaining USB sticks for Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) - have we
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| contacted anyone beyond Belkin, Pantone, Emtec? and where are we with
| | 3) 0.84 Press release draft - how shall we handle? |
| these three leads.
| | I had been asked to do a brief on the fuzzy science of creating a |
| | press release (distributing it and placing it is a separate subject!). |
| | We need to start with the skeleton (letterhead, About Sugar Labs). |
| | But, I'm not at all sure if we want to circulate actual title & draft |
| | text prior to the launch. However, the goal of asking the translation |
| | team for help requires some lead time - the sooner they have the text, |
| | the better. Your point of view regarding this workflow is requested. |
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| | 4) Launch countdown |
| | It's not quite clear to me how we pick the magic date & time when the |
| | release goes out, the final version is published, and hopefully |
| | journalists take notice. If we can work out a coordination protocol |
| | (e.g. Walter decides, or Simon decides the release date/time), we can |
| | work together to the countdown. Let's work together on this. |
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| | 5) Printable PDF brochure (was: elevator pitch for teachers) |
| | The more I think about it, the more this resembles a condensed version |
| | of text from the new static site. So I think we should put energy into |
| | that over the next couple of days, and the PDF will come out on the |
| | rebound in time for the launch. |
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| | 6) Sugar Stories |
| | Can we try to put together at least 3 and hopefully 5 stories about |
| | Sugar contributors? Before we all nominate each other (joke) let's |
| | think about how we can do this quickly. The goal being to encourage |
| | prospective volunteers to the fun & satisfaction of working on Sugar. |
| | maybe as simple as asking everyone to update their page on the wiki |
| | with "Why I Contribute To Sugar"? |
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| | 7) Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) |
| | Update on where we are with ordering sticks, but we also need to |
| | decide shipping address! Fabulous idea from Carol: include a SoaS USB |
| | maker in Sugar & on the liveCD. |
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| | 8) Other topics? |
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